Collective (Romania/Luxemburg, 109 min.) Dir. Alexander Nanau Programme: TIFF Docs (North American Premiere) Anyone who wants to understand the line between journalism and documentary filmmaking needs to see Alexander Nanau’s Collective. This riveting newsroom doc
Keep ReadingDads (USA, 87 min.) Dir. Bryce Dallas Howard Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) “Finish this sentence,” director Bryce Dallas Howard instructs her celebrity interviewees. “A dad is…” Dads are a lot of different things
Keep ReadingAnd We Go Green (USA, 99 min.) Dir. Fisher Stevens, Malcolm Venville Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) “It’s lights out and away we go!” is one line that audiences might hear at the beginning
Keep ReadingObomsawin’s latest doc, Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, completes the recent and significant six-film chapter in her body of work about the rights of Indigenous children.
Keep ReadingThe Australian Dream (Australia, 106 min.) Dir. Daniel Gordon Programme: TIFF Docs (International Premiere) Don’t ever let anyone tell you that one person can’t make a difference. The Australian Dream offers a much-needed portrait of an
Keep ReadingAn interview with Peter Raymont, founder, producer and director at White Pine Pictures, whose films include Shake Hands with the Devil, Genius Within, and TIFF 2019 opener Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson
Keep ReadingHenry Glassie: Field Work (Ireland, 100 min.) Dir. Pat Collins Programme: Contemporary World Cinema (World Premiere) One could call Pat Collins an old soul. His unhurried films are quiet and thoughtful. Films
Keep Reading"I didn’t intend to make a film entirely about empathy," says Coppers director Alan Zweig. I met one cop, Gary, who’s in the film, about five or six years ago. I could
Keep ReadingMy English Cousin (Switzerland/Qatar) Dir. Karim Sayad Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Meet Fahed Mameri. He’s the cousin of director Karim Sayad. Fahed’s life fuels his cousin’s documentary and his dull, tedious routine provides
Keep ReadingThe Physics of Sorrow is Theodore Ushev's most ambitious and significant project to date as it offers a time capsule for a generation told using an unprecedented animation technique.
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